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Cinema and Social Change in Germany and Austria
University of Waterloo, Ontario, May 1-3, 2008

http://www.wcgs.ca/filmconference/main.php

‘Cinema and Social Change in Germany and Austria’ is an interdisciplinary conference taking place at the University of Waterloo, Ontario May 1-3, 2008. Hosted by the Waterloo Centre for German Studies, it will examine contemporary cinema’s responses to fundamental social changes. The conference includes keynote lectures by Paul Cooke (University of Leeds) and Barbara Pichler (Director Designate of the Diagonale film festival in Graz). Bringing together scholars from various disciplines, panels will explore the films of the ‘Berlin School’, questions of (trans)national and gender identities, collective memory, aspects of cinematic realism and authenticity, representations of (political) violence and other topics.

In conjunction with the conference, Kinofest, a film festival presenting new films from Germany and Austria, will take place at the Princess Cinema in Waterloo. On May 1st, film director Michael Schorr will be in attendance presenting his film ‘Schröders wunderbare Welt/Schroeder’s Wonderful World’ (2006).

For further information about the conference, registration details and the conference schedule, please visit the conference website http://www.wcgs.ca/filmconference/main.php or contact the conference organizers filmconf@wcgs.ca

For information about the film festival, please go to www.kinofest.ca

Gabriele Mueller, York University, Toronto
James Skidmore, University of Waterloo